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[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Exactly, this "rule" is really just equivalent to other forms of snake oil there is. It is baseless and completely made up.

[–] GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Found Leo's account.

Seriously though why so hostile about this? Of course it's made up, it's a general rule of thumb, and it describes whether people are likely to look at a couple and say, "ew".

[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

That's because it's all based on assumptions and projected morals. Commonly treated as a ultimate truth not as a "rule of thumb" as it is destined to be - hostility is built in this "rule".

In general, this rule essentially dictates the ethics of independent people. Because of this there is no description, it's a requirement to say "ew".

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It matches experiences, if you read the other replies.

[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

I don't quite agree with the replies. The statement "it matches experiences" is baseless as stated in my other reply.

In general, experience ≠ age. This is because experience is influenced by various physical factors such as opportunities, learning environments, etc. Not exactly by age.